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1
What are the next three winter Olympic host cities?
Snow Creek, MO; Pyongyang, North Korea; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Lucern, Switzerland; Lake Placid, NY; Nagano, Japan
Hong Kong; Innsbruck, Austria; Oslo, Norway
Milan, Italy; French Alps; Salt Lake City
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Only four sports have been contested at EVERY summer Olympics. Which of the following is not one of them?
track & field
gymnastics
wrestling
cycling
3
Several Olympic sports have come and gone. Which of the following was never an Olympic sport?
live pigeon shooting
tug of war
powerboat racing
dwarf tossing
4
When was the last year winter and summer Olympics were held in the same year AND same country?
1936 Berlin, Germany
1956 Melbourne, Australia
1980 Moscow, Soviet Union
1988 Seoul, South Korea
5
Which sport has the U.S. not competed in since 1996?
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Team handball
Badminton
6
Which sport was contested at the 2024 Olympics for the first time (and will not be part of 2028)?
Bowling
Break dancing
Holding your breath
Cricket
7
Which is the only nation to have participated in EVERY summer Olympics?
Great Britian
Greece
France
United States
8
When was the last time that both the summer and winter Olympics were held in the same year?
1980
1944
2002
1992
9
Why were the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Olympics were cancelled?
the plague
famine
war
Donald Trump
10
Which American city won the bid for the 1976 Winter Olympics but its citizens refused to host it?
Denver, CO
Lake Placid, NY
Salt Lake City, UT
Squaw Valley, CA
11
When and where were the first summer Olympics?
1900 Paris
1904 St. Louis, MO
1908 London
1896 Athens
12
The Olympic motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius." What does that mean in English?
Heart, Body, Mind
Faster, Higher, Stronger
Endurance, Accuracy, Intensity
Power, Passion, Perserverance
13
Which sport will be contested for the first time at the 2028 Olympics? (The others return after a 120 year absence.)
lacrosse
cricket
flag football
squash
14
What are the next two summer Olympic host cities?
Los Angeles 2028; Brisbane 2032
Lenexa 2024; Shawnee 2028
Cairo 2028; Los Angeles 2032
Los Angeles 2028; Madrid 2032
15
Each Olympics has 3 official languages. Which of these is NOT one of them?
French
English
German
the dominant language of the host nation
16
When and where were the first winter Olympics?
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1928 St. Moritz, Switzerland
1932 Lake Placid, NY
1924 Chamonix, France
17
How many medals did the United States win in the 1980 Olympics?
all of them
101
none
71
